The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Cognos products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cognos over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the West Sussex region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within IBM Cognos.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cognos
Rank 36 - 48
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Cognos 4 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 1.081% - 0.905%
As % of the Vendors category 1.961% - 1.860%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £21.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.35 £16.50 £21.79
% change year-on-year
-19.09% -24.27%
All Vendors
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
204 274 215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 55.14% 41.64% 48.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 142 94
Average daily rate £400 £350 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -9.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £225 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £488 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 16 23
Average hourly rate £26.00 £15.30 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+69.93% -23.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £11.75 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.40 £31.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Cognos
South East

Cognos
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cognos across the West Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

West Sussex Cognos Jobs Demand Trend

Cognos
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Cognos across the West Sussex region.

West Sussex Cognos Daily Rate Trend

Cognos
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Cognos across the West Sussex region.

West Sussex Cognos Hourly Rate Trend

Cognos
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cognos within the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Crawley - 1 £475 -
Cognos
South East

Cognos
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region citing Cognos also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Cognos.

1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Financial Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Business Objects
2 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse

Cognos
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region citing Cognos also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Cognos. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Cognos Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Financial Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Business Objects
1 2 (50.00%) SAP